(Motorsports news) The lack of excitement surrounding the 2023 season has prompted some to suggest that F1’s executives get in and try to level things up at the front to make it more of a spectacle next year. While FIA President Ben Sulayem is open to any concept that can increase excitement while being fair to all competitors, he believes the FIA will not accept anything that is targeted at purposefully slowing down a team merely because it is performing well.

With five races remaining, Max Verstappen’s Red Bull team has won all but one Grand Prix this season, and they have already captured both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships. The magnitude of their grip on F1 looks to have resulted in a reduction in fan interest, as a recent research by social intelligence company Buzz Radar revealed a significant drop in social media interaction.

“It has happened so many times: just look at Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher,” Ben Sulayem remarked when asked if Red Bull’s lock-out of success was a turn-off. “How do I come to a halt?” It’s a bit harsh and unjust to punish success.

“I mean, I’m open to suggestions if you think there’s a way to be fair and democratic without simply punishing Max and his team or any other team.” We’re all ears around here. “But, like you, I’m stuck.” The FIA will not punish success, and it one driver dominance has happened twice in my career.”

While the FIA will not interfere with the show in any way, it is looking into measures to improve overtaking for 2025. The new 2022 ground effect standards were intended to let cars follow each other more easily, but their effectiveness has deteriorated since their implementation.

The FIA’s head of single-seater issues, Nikolas Tombazis, recently stated that team efforts to boost performance had a negative impact on raceability, which is why car adjustments are being considered. “If we take the 2021 F1 cars, based on being two lengths from the car in front, they were losing more than 50% of the aero load,” he went on to say.

“There was only a 20% reduction in load with the 2022 single-seaters.” However, we are already at roughly 35%. Surely, things have become worse.” One of the factors that has contributed to this decrease in efficacy is that teams have improved their understanding of the return of out-wash characteristics, which diverts disturbed airflow away from the car to assist reduce drag.

While this is helpful for individual performance, it makes it more difficult for other cars to follow closely. Ben Sulayem was aware that the teams were pushing in directions that compelled the FIA to respond, but he did not consider this to be a negative thing.

“They’re getting smarter, but we have to be smarter than them,” he added. “It’s a good thing they are because it raises the bar for us.” To be honest, if they don’t, we’ll be trapped on E5 fuel for the foreseeable future. “We would become lazy, and we would become not creative, and there would be no challenge.”

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